Overall, NPD Techworld's latest weekly list of best-selling PC games looks almost identical to last week's list. Electronic Arts' latest virtual-life game expansion, The Sims: Hot Date, took the top spot once again, while Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, EA's adventure game based on the best-selling J.K. Rowling fantasy novel, came in second place. EA's virtual-life game The Sims remained in third place, followed by RollerCoaster Tycoon, Infogrames' theme-park management game, in fourth. Zoo Tycoon, Microsoft's zoo management strategy game, came in fifth place, up from sixth place the week before.

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